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The budget on Tuesday revealed the public service will cost $25.5 billion in the 2018/19 financial year and is forecast to continue growing to $28.2 billion by 2021/22.

Mr O'Brien also announced a coalition government would reinstate its major events company if elected

The Victoria Major Events Company, which initiated the Formula One Grand Prix, White Night, Presidents' Cup and more, would be revived and the Andrews government's Visit Victoria disbanded, Mr O'Brien said on Friday.

In a statement, Major Events Minister John Eren defended Visit Victoria as a "massive success story", generating more than 15,000 new jobs and helping increase visitor spending, and said Labor had restored funding for major business events.